UK Anime Network podcast - August 2015

Written by A. H. on 08 Sep 2015

Japan - it's so far away and so culturally different to the UK it could almost be a different country. But how best to arrange visiting it? Elliot is joined by a pair of dandy Dans to talk about their experiences and advice on planning and executing upon a trip to Japan.

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0:00:00 - The podcast begins
0:02:00 - What have the crew been watching recently?
0:03:00 - School-Live!
0:05:15 - Wakakozake
0:08:00 - Love Live Season 1
0:15:00 - And now the news. First up: Scotland Loves Anime
0:23:00 - Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F screenings
0:25:00 - More news
0:30:45 - Viewster crop up again
0:35:30 - Main feature: Flying to Japan! No, for real, not the in-joke. We point out resources on the site and discuss our prior experiences
0:42:15 - Pre-planning, or the lack thereof
0:49:00 - Accommodation
0:56:45 - Transport within Japan
1:05:15 - Money money money
1:06:45 - Anime/Nerd things to do! Anime stuff; Tokyo; Osaka; Kyoto; Kanazawa; the Ghibli Museum; Kobe
1:45:45 - General non-nerd sights and stuff to do! The Tokyo Skytree; Imperial Gardens (or not); Hiroshima; Hakane
1:59:15 - General Travel Trips for Japan. Real advice for real people
2:23:00 - We close things down

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